You carry me around

Like loose change jingle janglin'


At the bottom of your bag


You don't seem to feel it though

As you swing down the street


Walking that unique birthday candle glow


In broad daylight, in broad daylight




And you don't even know


The way I love you




You never knew power, did you?


You thought that power was a strong arm

People passing laws in gold


Tsunamis and mushroom clouds




Oh baby, that's nothing





You think it's kind of sweet

The stammer and the tremble in my voice


But don't mistake it for weakness


Or some kind of incompleteness

'Cause round about now


I can feel it tingle tanglin'


It's coiled up inside me

And it's ready to blow





You never knew power, did you?

You thought it fizzed in the over-head lines


Burning steel and bone to carbon


Saturn 5 in a vertical climb

You never knew power, did you?


You thought it roared like Niagra Falls


Or melted stone under volcanoes

Earthquake-thunder, lightning-storms





The way I love you

Is something you don't understand




The way I love you


Took more than I could imagine, even now

You never knew power

All the time you felt so strong




But now you can't function


Awake or asleep

As the meaningless world

Falls away from your feet


And the Universe ceases

It's light-speed retreat

Life was sweet in the meteor shower


Of the star-high divine

Where you sparkled and fell

From heaven to hell




Ten years grinding by in every hour,

in every hour

I know all about power




Listen to the rain

Might feel a tremble


You might feel it